73°37′07″E / 37.129240°N 73.618680°E / 37.129240; 73.618680 Wakhan, or "the Wakhan" (also spelt Vakhan; Persian and Pashto: واخان, Vâxân and Wāxān...
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The Wakhan Corridor (Dari: دالان واخان, romanized: Dâlân-e wâxân; Pashto: واخان دهلېز, romanized: Vâxân dahléz) is a narrow strip of territory in the Badakhshan...
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Afghanistan–China border Wakhan Wakhan Corridor Dari and Tajik: ولسوالی واخان Wuluswālī-i-Wākhān; Pashto: واخان ولسوالۍ Wākhān Wələswālai; Kyrgyz: ﯞاحان...
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The Mirdom of Wakhan (Persian: میری گری واخان, romanized: Mīrīgarī-yi Wakhān), Principality of Wakhan (Persian: شاهزادهنشین واخان, romanized: Shāhzādanishīn-ī...
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Pamir and Karakoram regions of Afghanistan. Wakhan may also refer to: Wakhan Corridor Wakhan River Wakhan District Wakhi (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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Wocekiye (section Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka)
describe how the various spirits were formed from Wakȟáŋ Tháŋka. Black Elk describes the relationships with Wakȟáŋ Tháŋka as: "We should understand well that...
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to the south, they border the Hindu Kush mountains along Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan Province, Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of...
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The Wakhan Front (French: Ni le ciel ni la terre) is a 2015 French war thriller drama film directed by Clément Cogitore. It was screened in the Critics'...
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Wakhan National Park is a national park in northeastern Afghanistan. Established in 2014, the park encompasses the entire Wakhan District of Badakhshan...
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people of Wakhan Wakhi people, an ethnic group in Wakhan, Afghanistan and the Northern Territories of Pakistan An adjectival form of Wakhan, the extreme...
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Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka) is the term for the sacred or the divine. This is usually translated as the "Great Spirit" and occasionally as "Great Mystery". Wakȟáŋ...
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Sarhad, Afghanistan (redirect from Sarhad-e Wakhan)
Sarhad, also known as Sarhad-e Broghil or Sarhad-e Wakhan, is a river valley in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan. Sarhad lies...
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Wakhan River (Dari: آب واخان Āb-i-Wākhān; Pashto: واخان سیند Wākhān Sīnd; Tajik: واخاندريا Vaxondaryo) is the name of the Sarhadd branch of the Panj River...
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region of Wakhān (gaṣabi-yi nāhiyyat-i Wakhān). Its inhabitants are the fire-worshipers (gabrakān) and the Muslims, and the ruler (malik) of Wakhān lives...
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and China to the east. It is separated from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. It has a population of approximately 10.6 million people. The...
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Tajikistan, Pakistan and China—primarily situated in and around Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, the northernmost part of Pakistan's Gilgit−Baltistan and Chitral...
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and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor. Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the...
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in the north. Both sides of the border are protected areas: Wakhan National Park in Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province on the Afghan side and Taxkorgan...
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the central highlands, the glaciated northeast (around Nuristan), and the Wakhan Corridor, where the average temperature in January is below −15 °C (5 °F)...
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Bdóte (section Wakháŋ Thípi)
("Clouded Day Woman"), whose death song could still be heard on the island. Wakháŋ Thípi ("dwelling place of the sacred", also known as Carver's Cave) is a...
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Wakhi language (category Wakhan)
language in the Eastern Iranian branch of the language family spoken today in Wakhan District, Northern Afghanistan, and neighboring areas of Tajikistan, Pakistan...
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Nicholas Range (Pamir Mountains) (redirect from Wakhan Range)
Koh-i-Wakhan (سلسله کوه واخان) is a range of mountains in the Pamir Mountains on the border of Afghanistan and Tajikistan that crosses the Wakhan in Afghanistan...
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where it joins the Wakhan River to form the Panj River. The Sarhad or Little Pamir River flowing down the Little Pamir in the High Wakhan Lake Chamaktin,...
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Pamir, a high valley in the Wakhan, on the border of Afghanistan and Tajikistan Little Pamir, a high valley in the Wakhan, Afghanistan Taghdumbash Pamir...
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Sargez (category Populated places in Wakhan District)
a village in Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. It is located in Upper Wakhan which is made up of valleys of Wakhan and Pamir rivers...
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Afghanistan–China relations (section Wakhan base)
mostly involved trade of fruit and tea via caravans through Xinjiang and the Wakhan Corridor on the border between the two countries. Buddhist monks from the...
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Kyrgyz refugees in Afghanistan settled in the Wakhan region. Until 1978, the northeastern portion of Wakhan was home to about 3–5 thousand ethnic Kyrgyz...
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7,000 m (22,966 ft) peak in the world. Easiest access to Noshaq is from Wakhan Afghanistan. Noshaq main was first climbed by a Japanese expedition in 1960...
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Autonomous Province and Khatlon Province), China through a long spur called the Wakhan Corridor to the east, and Pakistan to the south-east (Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan)...
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second-highest) peak, K2, is located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It begins in the Wakhan Corridor (Afghanistan) in the west, encompasses the majority of Gilgit-Baltistan...
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